EME ONLINE: Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation

A presentation of Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation, edited by Shannon McHugh and Anna Wainwright (University of Delaware Press, 2020), and roundtable discussion on new directions in the field of Counter-Reformation studies.

Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation presents a radical reconsideration of creative production in post-Tridentine Italy, challenging the enduring “black legend” of the Italian Counter-Reformation. The volume’s contributors weave literary analysis together with religion, theatre, art, music, science, and gender to demonstrate that the literature of this period not only merits study but is positively innovative. This roundtable brings together the volume editors, contributors and discussants. 

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Speakers: Virginia Cox (New York University), Mary Laven (University of Cambridge), Shannon McHugh (University of Massachusetts Boston), Joseph T. Perna (New York University), Sarah Gwyneth Ross (Boston College), Anna Wainwright (University of New Hampshire), 

Organizer/chair: Lisa Sampson (University College London)

All are welcome. The event will run on Zoom. You will receive the link to join the event in your confirmation email, when you register. Please register at https://eme-counter-reformation.eventbrite.co.uk

This event is organised by Early Modern Exchanges, which is part of the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies. All welcome. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need assistance on the day, and follow this FAQ link for more information and to read our virtual events code of conduct. All of our events are free, but you can support the IAS here.

Image: A depiction of the Great Comet of 1577 over Prague by Jiri Daschitzsky, Zentralbibliothek Zürich , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons